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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110042957 | Water Wheel Comprising a Built-In Generator In a water wheel with an integrated electrical generator, a ring element for forming a rotor is rigidly concentrically connected with the water wheel. The ring element is assembled of modular individual segments with inserted permanent magnets. At least one correspondin... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110017402 | Method and Apparatus for Producing a Three-Dimensionally Molded, Laminated Article with Transfer-Printed Surface Decoration An apparatus includes a heating station, a laminating and transfer-printing station, and a molding station in succession, and a transport arrangement that transports the material being processed among the stations. In the heating station, a substrate is pre-heated and c... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20100313677 | Strain Gauge Rosette for Internal Stress Measurement The invention relates to a strain gage rosette for internal stress measurement on workpieces according to the bore hole method, which comprises at least three measuring grids 3, 4, 5 within an angular range of 0-<180° at equal spacing and in different directi... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100300209 | OPTICAL STRAIN GAUGE The invention relates to a strain gauge, comprising at least one optical waveguide (5) fastened to a thin support (1). The optical waveguide (5) has at least one section (10) with a fiber Bragg grating (6), which serves the detection o... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100264275 | Bubble trap for a fuel tank in a spacecraft A bubble trap is especially suitable for separating gas bubbles from liquid fuel supplied from a fuel tank in a spacecraft. The bubble trap includes a rotationally symmetrical collecting container forming a container wall, plural liquid guide vanes extending radially an... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100226782 | Turbomachine blade with a blade tip armor cladding A blade of a turbomachine such as a gas turbine includes a blade vane with a blade tip and a blade base. A blade tip armor cladding is applied on the blade tip. A coating covers at least the armor cladding and includes at least one multilayer coating system, and prefera... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100211348 | Method and apparatus for locating a fault in an electrical conductor, with interference compensation A voltage pulse is transmitted into a test object, and returned reflection pulses are evaluated to determine the location of a fault in the test object. The return signal includes a reflection from the fault and undesired interfering reflection pulses, which are removed... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100202872 | MULTILAYER SHIELDING RING FOR A FLIGHT DRIVING MECHANISM A shielding (6) of a turbine housing (3) of an aircraft engine against radial escape of blade fragments, especially for a high-speed low-pressure turbine, is characterized in that the shielding (6) is embodied as a rigid ring-shaped component of sev... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100201034 | Method and apparatus for molding a laminated trim component without use of slip frame An apparatus for producing a molded product from a sheet-form raw material blank has first and second mold tools that each respectively include a respective inner core mold and a respective outer edge mold laterally adjacent thereto. Drive elements drive the outer edge ... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100171270 | Sealing Device for a Cooling Agent Supply on a Rotating Spindle and Machine Tool Comprising Such a Sealing Device A sealing device for a coolant supply on a rotating spindle is characterized in that a first brush seal (4) and a second brush seal (5) are arranged one after another in series on the spindle (2). Hereby the technical problems of the prior art are a... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100148455 | Tool holder A tool holder includes: a collet chuck main body having a tapered hole formed in its tip end portion so as to be tapered toward an axial rear end; a tapered collet having a tool insertion hole that extends in an axial direction, a main tapered surface that fits in the t... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100143100 | Jet Engine With Active-Magnetic Bearing Jet engine (1), especially for an aircraft, with at least one hollow shaft (7) and/or low pressure shaft (8) rotatably supported in at least one bearing arrangement about a center axis, on which shaft at least respectively one high and/or low pressu... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100140207 | CLOSURE DEVICE FOR A DRINKING CONTAINER The invention relates to a closure device (3) for a drinking container (1) with an interior space (10) for receiving a drinking liquid and a container opening preferably arranged on the top side, into which container opening the closure device (3... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100125966 | Floor care disk A floor care disk for a floor care machine such as a floor polishing machine includes a floor care pad mounted on a drive plate. The drive plate includes a stiff disk element and tongue-like tabs connected flexibly to a radially outer portion or rim of the disk element,... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100116606 | VIBRATION DAMPER The invention relates to a vibration damper, especially for damping retraction or extension springing forces on motor vehicles, which includes a pressure medium cylinder (2), in which a piston (3) with a piston rod (3) is axially slidably arranged. ... | 05/13/2010 |
| 20100085233 | Radar system for detecting the surroundings with compensation of interfering signals The invention relates to a frequency-modulated radar system for detecting the surroundings with compensation of interfering effects, the compensation being achieved by varying one of the following sizes:
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| 20100063711 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING THE OPERATING MODE OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE The invention relates to a method for controlling the operating mode of an internal combustion engine (1) comprising several cylinders (3) and an injection system (4) with one injection unit (5) per cylinder (3). According to said meth... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20100061594 | DETECTION OF MOTOR VEHICLE LIGHTS WITH A CAMERA A method for detecting front headlights and tail lights of a motor vehicle with a colour camera sensor is presented. The colour camera sensor comprises a plurality of red pixels, i.e. image points which are only sensitive in the red spectral range, and a plurality of pi... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20100058859 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR COMPENSATING UNBALANCES OF VEHICLE WHEELS The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for the unbalance compensation of vehicle wheels in which adhesive weight elements (8) are positioned on at least one determined compensation surface (17) within a disk wheel (7) and are there press... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20100052773 | CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENT FOR THE POWER SUPPLY OF AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT In a circuit arrangement (1) it is provided for supplying an integrated circuit (4) with electrical energy in a reliable and low-emission manner that a first ground connection (14) of the integrated circuit (4) is connected to a circuit carri... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100027227 | COMPACT CONTROL DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE A motor vehicle control device comprises a housing lid (12) and a base plate (1), which are connected with each other in an oil-tight manner via a frame (3). On the base plate (1), an interconnect device (4) is arranged with at least o... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20100026806 | Detection and categorisation of points of light with a camera in a motor vehicle environment A method for detecting and categorising points of light for a motor vehicle with a camera sensor directed towards the motor vehicle environment is presented. Here, at least one first category for passive, illumined reflectors and at least one second category for self-ra... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20100026422 | Electric circuit In an electric circuit (1) for the detuning of a resonant circuit formed of an inductively acting electric circuit (14) and a capacitively acting discharging device (15), a detuning device (16) is provided, which is disposed at least partiall... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20100020495 | Control device for a motor vehicle For a motor vehicle control device, a housing lid (1) and a base plate (2) form a hollow area (3) for holding an interconnect device (4), which is arranged on the inner side of the housing lid (1). The housing lid (1) comprises ... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20090326780 | METHOD FOR DISTANCE CONTROL The invention relates to a method for distance control of the vehicle in question in relation to a vehicle driving ahead, which method is distinguished in that the vehicle in question is kept at a distance from a vehicle driving ahead by a drive torque (M) which is pred... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090322415 | Regulated Energy Supply for a Circuit The device (12) is used to supply energy to a rapid cycling and/or rapidly cycled integrated circuit (13) which comprises a circuit load (17) and an internal capacity (15) which is switched in parallel to the circuit load (17). The int... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090321285 | Closure apparatus for a drinking container The invention relates to a closure apparatus for a drinking container with an inner space for the reception of a drinking liquid and a container opening which is preferably arranged on the upper side and in which the closure apparatus is provided with at least one recei... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090321002 | Method and apparatus for producing a three-dimensionally molded, laminated article with transfer-printed surface decoration An apparatus includes a heating station, a laminating and transfer-printing station, and a molding station in succession, and a transport arrangement that transports the material being processed among the stations. In the heating station, a substrate is pre-heated and c... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090301187 | MULTICHAMBER ULTRASONIC SENSOR FOR DETERMINING A LIQUID LEVEL An ultrasound sensor for determining a fluid level with an elongated housing (1) which comprises a lid (2) and a floor (3), with a measuring chamber (4), arranged in the housing (1), in which a fluid has the same level as outside the m... | 12/10/2009 |
| 20090296415 | Method for automatic full beam light control A method for the automatic light control for a motor vehicle with a camera sensor for monitoring the environment in front of the motor vehicle is presented. With the camera sensor, an image sequence of the motor vehicle environment in front of the motor vehicle is recor... | 12/03/2009 |
| 20090293729 | Tank with a gas supply and extraction device for storing cryogenic liquid or fuel for spacecraft A gas supply and extraction device is arranged preferably on a tank lid or a tank wall in a tank for storing a pressurized driving gas and a liquid such as fuel or oxidizer for operation of a spacecraft. A device housing defines an interior reservoir space. Upper trumpe... | 12/03/2009 |
| 20090288732 | Method for clamping a weft thread in a jet weaving machine, in particular air-jet weaving machine, clamping device and jet weaving machine A method and a clamping device for clamping a weft thread in a jet weaving machine are proposed. The weft thread wire or strand runs through the beginning section (2.1) and the end section (2.2) of a mixing tube. The two sections between themselves form an... | 11/26/2009 |
| 20090278292 | Multi-axis spring damping system for a payload in a spacecraft A multi-axis spring damping element includes two spring damping cushion members received between caps on a bolt shaft, and an axial adjustment mechanism at a free end of the bolt shaft. The other end of the bolt shaft is connected to a support structure, and a load to b... | 11/12/2009 |
| 20090274543 | Tool manipulator especially for onshore and offshore drilling platforms A manipulator apparatus carries tools for connecting drillpipes to the drillstring in a wellbore on a drilling platform. A telescopically extendable horizontal work arm is carried on a telescopically extendable vertical column, and the tools are to be mounted on a free ... | 11/05/2009 |
| 20090257252 | Power supply device for an electric circuit In the case of a power supply device (2) for an electric circuit (3), an energy source (4) and an electric filter (7) are provided for the reliable and low-emission supply of energy to the electric circuit (3), wherein the energy sourc... | 10/15/2009 |
| 20090241377 | Sole structure for a shoe A sole structure 1 for a shoe comprises an upper plate 2 that is disposed on the upper side of the structure 1 and that has upraised portions 20 projecting upwardly form opposite side edge portions of the upper plate 2, a lower plate <... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090241373 | Inner sole structure for a sports shoe An inner sole structure 3 for a sports shoe 1 includes an upper sheet member 30 disposed on an upper side of a heel region of the shoe 1, a lower sheet member 31 disposed below the upper sheet member 30, and a wavy corrugated sh... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090241371 | Sole structure for a shoe A sole structure 1 for a shoe comprises an upper sheet portion 2 disposed on the upper side of the sole structure, and a plurality of curved sheet portions 3 (31-35) that are provided on the lower surface of the u... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090241370 | Sole structure for a shoe A sole structure 1 for a shoe comprises an upper plate 2 having a heel region and disposed on the upper side of the structure 1, a first C-shaped portion 3 and a second C-shaped portion 4 each having a longitudinally flat, generally C-... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090238741 | Flying apparatus and method for removing harmful gases from the atmosphere An apparatus for removing harmful gas components out of the earth's atmosphere is a free-flying autonomous lightweight aircraft with an onboard gas processing system including gas separation or extraction devices, and inlets and outlets connected to the devices. Solar c... | 09/24/2009 |
